While changes in the economy occur regularly, what we have experienced recently is anything but a “normal” change. The challenges of the current economy haven’t been seen or experienced in our country in decades.

Like most investors, you may wish you could figure out some way to know when economic conditions were about to change, or what adjustments you should make in your portfolio based on current conditions.

Women’s clout is diminishing in the Louisiana Legislature, after three decades of steady gains.
With the start of the new legislative term in January, there will be 16 women in the House and Senate, about 11 percent of the 144-member Legislature and roughly the same number of female lawmakers as in 1996, according to the Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus.